FROGS' MONSOON WEDDING

A GREAT
FROGGY

'MONSOON WEDDING'

#fnbworld bureau/New
Delhi

Faith binds couples in marriage. This time
round, the ‘froggy faith’ that their
wedding would bestow rains tied them in wedlock.

The exclusive wedding was performed by the
rain-starved farmers in Nagpur city. The
monsoon-seeking farmers organized wedding of two
frogs on Saturday to appease rain gods and hoped
their region would soon be blessed with the
monsoon showers, says an ANI
report.

People blew trumpets and sang songs, as
the priest solemnized the marriage to the chanting
of Hindu hymns by putting streaks of vermilion on
the female toad's head.

The toads were picked up from different
ponds, following the local belief among the
farmers in this part of India that a frog marriage
pleases the rain gods and ensure a good harvest
with rains.

Locals hoped the marriage would help them
to end the dry spell that the region is
experiencing. Our forefathers believed that
marriage of male and female frogs makes Lord Indra
(Rain God) happy that leads to rains. You can see
that it is not raining in the entire Vidarbha,
eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of
Nagpur divison and Amravati division that has
caused a drought like division. We are following
this belief of our forefathers so that Lord Indra
is pleased and it rains," said Shailendra Awasthi,
a participant in the marriage.

With temperatures soaring high and
monsoons playing truant in northern and western
parts of the country, people are praying hard for
showers.

"It was sunny when we came in the
morning for performing marriage. But now you can
see the weather has changed. It means it will
rain. We hope so," said Ankita Bhatia, a
participant.